Deborah Lee Schneer: Blog https://www.deborahschneerimages.com/blog en-us Copyright All Images Deborah Lee Schneer. Images herein may not be reproduced without explicit permission. (Deborah Lee Schneer) Mon, 14 Dec 2020 21:16:00 GMT Mon, 14 Dec 2020 21:16:00 GMT https://www.deborahschneerimages.com/img/s/v-12/u323465588-o597266534-50.jpg Deborah Lee Schneer: Blog https://www.deborahschneerimages.com/blog 120 90 Perhaps https://www.deborahschneerimages.com/blog/2020/12/perhaps Perhaps it’s a windblown bird lighting on a stony ledge, the color of the late afternoon sun pouring amber like honey on a rose, ice floes on the river, apple blossoms splayed by moonlight,  the red and gold of autumn reflected in the lake, sunbeams cutting thickets in a shady grove, or perhaps it is a city landscape coming alive--the streets and cars covered with snow, or old folks and young lovers on park benches, the lonely ones, those with hungry eyes, the one with her entire fortune in a shopping bag, billboards beckoning false promises.  It takes a second (or is it months of preparation for a single shot) to see the subject, consider the slant of light, the contrast, the blend and clash of color, the impact of motion. With a tap of the shutter button the camera clicks as if to acknowledge all the mental and physical preparations of the shoot, from the work of a favorite 19th century poet to a technical manual read that morning. The image, now coded on a card in the camera, is ready for editing on computer software and for printing.  Next are infinite choices about color, focus  texture, composition, light.  This may be a good day to experiment with different papers for a flat matted appearance, a glossy shine, or a metallic glimmer--testing the way each one works. I am obsessed with the details, determined to understand.

]]> (Deborah Lee Schneer) https://www.deborahschneerimages.com/blog/2020/12/perhaps Mon, 14 Dec 2020 21:15:41 GMT "Energy Is Eternal Delight" -- William Blake https://www.deborahschneerimages.com/blog/2015/2/the-energy  

 

Despite all the bad news, a discerning eye can discover harmony, beauty, insight, and intimations of peace.  At one level, my website, or "gallery" of photographs is about me getting caught up in a field of  positive energy--a grain of sand in an arc that "bends toward justice." (Martin Luther King, Jr.)

 

 
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